PHYS 470 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Here is a tentative course schedule (under construction):


Week Date Topic Reading Homework
1 21 Jan Introduction Ch. 1
 no HW
2 26 Jan
28 Jan
 Particle overview
fundamental interactions
 G Ch. 1
G Ch. 2
 no HW
3
2 Feb
4 Feb
 Special Relativity
Relativistic Kinematics
G Ch. 3
G Ch. 2 		HW1
4
9 Feb
11 Feb
 Interactions and Feynman diagrams
Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Groups 		G Ch. 2
G Ch. 4 		HW2
5
16 Feb
18 Feb
 Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Spinors
Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Flavor, isospin 		G Ch. 4
 HW3
6
23 Feb
25 Feb
 Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Parity, C, G-Parity
Symmetries and Conservation Laws: CP, T and CPT
 G Ch. 4
 HW4
7
2 Mar
4 Mar
 Hadronic bound states G Ch. 5.5-6 HW5
8
 9 Mar
11 Mar
 Feynman Calculus: decays and scattering
Midterm 		G Ch. 6
 no HW
9
16 Mar
18 Mar
Spring break
10
23 Mar
25 Mar
 Feynman Calculus: cross sections G Ch. 6 HW6
11
30 Mar
01 Apr
 Dirac Equation
Solutions to the Dirac Equation
G Ch. 7.1-2		 HW7
12
06 Apr
08 Apr
 QED: bilinear covariants; the photon
Feynman rules for QED 		G Ch. 7 HW8
13
13 Apr
15 Apr
 QED: Casimir's trick, cross sections and lifetimes
Electron-positron collisions and electron-proton scattering 		G Ch. 7.7-8
G Ch. 8.1-2 		HW9
14
 20 Apr
22 Apr
 QCD: Feynman rules and color factors G Ch. 7.5-6
 HW10
15
27 Apr
29 Apr
 Charged Weak Interactions
Neutral currents 		G Ch. 7.1-4
 HW11
16
04 May
06 May
 Local Gauge invariance, EWSB, Higgs, BSM G Ch. 8.4-6 no HW
17
 Final Exam